>>> I LIKE YOU PETER, YOU ARE A
GOOD KID.
THERE IS A PART OF ME THAT WANTS
ME TO TELL YOU TO RUN AWAY FROM
ALL THIS AND ANOTHER PART OF ME
KNOWS THAT WE ARE ABOUT TO FIGHT
WHAT'S AT STAKE.
I AM GLAD YOU ARE HERE.
>> THAT'S JAKE GYLLENHAAL
PLAYING MYSTERIA PLAYING ON
"SPIDER-MAN: FAR FROM HOME."
THAT ROLE IN A BIG BUDGET SUPER
HERO MOVIE WAS A FIRST FOR
GYLL
GYLLENHAAL.
THE SPIDER-MAN BLOCKBUSTER BEGAN
FOR THE 38 YEARS OLD THAT ENDS
WITH THE DEBUT OF SOMETHING ON
THE OTHER END OF THE
ENTERTAINMENT SPECTRUM, BROADWAY
PLAY OF ONLY TWO ACTORS.
EACH PERFORMING A LONG AND
INTENSE MONOLOGUE ABOUT LIFE AND
DEATH.
JAKE AND I GOT TOGETHER AT THE
HUDSON THEATER HERE IN NEW YORK
DAYS BEFORE PREVIEWS BEGAN THIS
WEEK FOR HIS PLAY.
>> IN THE FINAL DAYS BEFORE THE
CURTAINS GO UP ON JAKE
GYLLENHAAL'S LATEST PRODUCTION.
CREWS AT THE HUDSON THEATER ARE
HUSTLING TO GET THE PLAY IN
SHAPE.
>> LITERALLY CAVING IN.
>> YEAH.
[ LAUGHTER ]
>> WE ARE IN "MONEY PIT."
>> GYLLENHAAL BRINGS "SEA WALL/A
LIFE."
>> WHAT IS THAT GOING TO FEEL
LIKE TO HAVE MOVE THIS FROM THE
PUBLIC TO BROADWAY?
>> I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS, YOU
MAKE ME CRY.
I FEEL REALLY RESPONSIBLE TO MY
AUTHOR AND HIS WORK AND WHAT
HE'S GIVEN ME AND HOW VULNERABLE
HE HAS BEEN AND SHARING WHAT SHE
SHARES.
GYLLENHAAL CO-STAR WITH ENGLISH
ACTOR.
EACH PERFORMS A SEPARATE
MONOLOGUE.
>> COME ON PLAY ME.
>> GYLLENHAAL FOLLOWS WITH A
LIFE.
WE ARE SMILING.
>> IT IS A SHOW ABOUT FAITH AND
FAMILY AND MESS AND COMEDY OF
LIFE, YOU KNOW?
IT IS ABOUT REALLY ACTUALLY
ABOUT TWO FATHERS.
>> HOW WERE THE TWO ACTS
RELATED?
>> THEY ARE LINKED BECAUSE THEY
ARE ABOUT LOVE AND LOSS AND THE
IDEA THAT IN ORDER TO LOVE
ANYTHING, THE INEVITABILITY OF
LOSS IS THERE.
THAT'S WHY WE LOVE AND WHY WE
CHERISH IT.
I AM NOT A FATHER.
I DO HOPE TO BE A FATHER ONE
DAY.
>> CAN I ASK YOU SOMETHING.
>> GYLLENHAAL CALLS THE SHOW AN
EXPERIENCE UNLIKE ANY IN
THEATER.
>> I HAVE NEVER SEEN THE TWO
STARS COME OUT AND STAND AT THE
FRONT OF THE STAGE AND TAKE
QUESTIONS AND LISTEN AFTER THEY
HAVE BEEN THROUGH THIS EMOTIONAL
EXHAUSTING EXPERIENCE.
>> YEAH.
>> WHY IS THAT PART OF SOMETHING
YOU AND TOM WANT TO DO?
>> IT IS THE REASON WE ARE IN
BROADWAY.
>> ARE YOU A REVIEW READER OF
YOUR WORK?
>> SOMETIMES.
>> THE QUOTES ARE ON THE POSTER
SO IT IS A LITTLE WEIRD.
YOU WALK IN THE THEATER AND YOU
SEE THEM.
I DID SEE YOU STAND OUTSIDE OF
THE GREATEST ACTOR OF GENERATION
AND WAITING FOR PEOPLE TO
NOTICE.
>> I AM DESPERATELY TRYING FOR
PEOPLE TO NOTE THAT.
I AM TAKING A THOUSAND SELFIES
IN FRONT OF THAT.
[ LAUGHTER ]
>> JAKE WAS BORN AND RAISED IN
LOS ANGELES BY A SCREEN WRITER
MOM AND DIRECTOR DAD WITH OLDER
SISTER MAGGIE GYLLENHAAL WHO IS
AN ACTOR AS WELL.
MAGGIE HAS OFFERED SOME HELPFUL
NOTES ON HER LITTLE BROTHER'S
PERFORMANCE.
>> THERE IS A BIG MOMENT OF THE
SHOW WHERE I GO BACK AND FORTH
BETWEEN TIME AND I AM ACTUALLY
PLAYING AT ONE POINT MY WIFE AND
MYSELF WHILE SHE'S IN LABOR AND
NOW SHE GIVES BIRTH.
MY SISTER I REMEMBER AFTERWARDS,
WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT THE LABOR
PART.
YOU DIDN'T QUITE GET IT.
>> YOU MENTION YOUR SISTER.
HAVE YOUR PARENTS SEEN IT?
>> YES, EVERYTHING MY MOM AND I
HAD AND GOOD END AND BAD
TOGETHER SET ASIDE.
IT WAS VERY A LOT OF LOVE.
FOR THE LACK OF SOUNDING REALLY
YOU KNOW CHEESY.
ST IT IS A LOT OF LOVE.
>> JAKE MAKES HIS DEBUT IN 1991
PLAYING BILLY CRYSTAL'S SON.
>> WAS THERE ANY CHANCE YOU WILL
BE ANYTHING OTHER THAN AN ACTOR?
>> MY LOVE FOR ACTING AND STORY
TELLING IS PRETTY DEEP.
THE TRUTH IS YOU'RE AN ACTOR
BECAUSE YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHAT
YOU WANT TO BE OR DO.
WE'LL LEAVE THE REAL JOBS MUCH
STRONGER AND TO COURAGEOUS
PEOPLE.
>> HIS FIRST LEADING ROLE CAME
IN THE 1999 FILM "OCTOBER SKY."
>> I THINK I AUDITIONED 15 TIMES
AFTER MY FIRST INITIAL AUDITION.
WHEN I GOT THAT ROLE, OH MY GOD
I WAS STARRING IN A MOVIE, IT
WAS A LITTLE OVERWHELMING.
>> SINCE THEN GYLLENHAAL HAS
MADE A CAREER PLAYING OFF BEAT
CHARACTERS IN "NIGHT CRAWLER"
AND "ZODIAC" AND DIVING INTO BIG
BUDGET MOVIES LIKE "THE DAY
AFTER TOMORROW."
THE MOVIE THAT JUMPS INTO MIND
IS "GROUND BREAKING "BROKE BACK
MOUNTAIN."
ALONGSIDE HEATH LEDGER EARNS HIM
AN OSCAR NOMINATION AND CHANGED
HIS LIFE.
>> WHEN WE DID "BROKE BACK
MOUNTAIN" WHAT'S GOING ON?
THIS IS A LEVEL OF FOCUS AND
ATTENTION THAT HITS A CERTAIN
NERVE.
TO BE 26 YEARS OLD AND BE AT THE
ACADEMY AWARDS YOU ARE LIKE
WHOA.
IT OPENS TONS OF DOORS AND IT IS
AMAZING.
IT HAS AND DEFINED MY CAREER IN
DIFFERENT WAYS.
>> I WISH I KNEW HOW TO QUIT
YOU.
>> I SEE PEOPLE HAVE CRITICIZED
ME ABOUT LINES I HAVE SAID ABOUT
THAT MOVIE.
THAT'S THE THING I LOVE ABOUT
HEATH.
NO, THIS IS ABOUT LOVE, THAT'S
IT, MAN.
>> GYLLENHAAL'S LATEST MOVIE
"SPIDER-MAN:FAR FROM HOME" IS
SOMETHING NEW ENTIRELY PLAYING
MYSTERIA IN THE MILLION DOLLAR
BLOCK
>> "SPIDER-MAN" CAME LAST MINUTE
AND HEY, DO YOU WANT TO PLAY
THIS CHARACTER?
YEAH.
I LOVE TOM HOLLAND AND I LOVE
THE FIRST MOVIE AND PUTTING ON
THE COSTUME WAS A WHOLE OTHER
THING I HAD TO GET USED TO,
JUMPING FROM PLATFORMS AND
PRETENDING I AM FLYING WAS A
WHOLE OTHER THING.
BACK AT THE BROADWAY UNIVERSE,
GYLLENHAAL GETS A DIFFERENT
THRILL.
IT IS SO COOL.
I CAN'T -- IT IS MY DREAMS SINCE
I WAS A KID TO BE ON BROADWAY.
I HAVE BEEN ON BROAD WAY THREE
TIMES AND EVERY TIME FEELS LIKE
THE FIRST TIME.
>> CONGRATULATIONS, MAN.
>> I WILL LET YOU FINISH WITH
THE CEILING.
>> DOES ANYBODY HAVE A BROOM?
>> THE PLASTER HAVE BEEN SWEPT
UP AND THE HUDSON THEATER IS
GOOD TO GO.
"SEAWALL:A LIFE" IS IN THEATERS
NOW.
HEAR JAKE BEING BOSSED AROUND BY
HIS SISTER MAGGIE, CHECK OUT F
AND PARACHUTE PANTS FOR SOME
BREAK DANCING.